Diane Abbott thinks 'racism only goes one way': Carole Malone in fierce debate over Abbott comments

Diane Abbott thinks 'racism only goes one way': Carole Malone in fierce debate over Abbott comments
Gabrielle Wilde

By Gabrielle Wilde


Published: 14/03/2024

- 18:04

The MP was suspended from the Labour Party a letter she penned suggested that Jewish, Irish and Traveller people are not subject to racism “all their lives”.

Carole Malone has been left livid and has claimed that MP Diane Abbott thinks that "racism only goes one way" after the MP was swept up in controversy this week.

Frank Hester, who has donated £10m to the Tories, reportedly said the MP made him want to "hate all black women".

Mr. Hester apologised for making "rude" comments but said his words "had nothing to do with her gender nor colour of skin".

However, Carole Malone claimed that the MP has made racist comments in the past.

Speaking on GB News the broadcaster said: " Do you think that Diane Abbott is aware of the racist comments she has constantly made over the years?

"The one where she said West Indian women make better mothers than white women.

"The one where she said taxi drivers are racist, the one where she said Jewish people do not suffer racism. They only suffer prejudice in the way that travelers and Irish people do. What an outrageous thing to say.

"What a lack of understanding of what racism is all about. Because Diane Abbott thinks racism only goes one way.

"She thinks it's only white on black. She doesn't get it. It can be the other way around."

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